King Gillette - And A Short History Of shaving

The traditional straight razor is not used by barbers anymore, at least not in California.
Barbers in California use a "safety" straight razor to give shaves. When traditional straight razors were used there was a strap of leather that would hang from the barber’s chair called a strop (rhymes with drop). And the straight razor was “stropped” between every shave-dragged back and forth with the sharp end trailing the direction of the blade.
Strops won’t be seen attached to barber’s chair anymore (unless one is left as a relic to the past). Stropping would clean and help keep the blade straight. But stropping is not sharpening. Sharpening is achieved with a wet stone.
You can watch this video of stropping being implemented. People do use straight razors for their own personal use, and need to strop them after all:
• How To Properly Strop ...
Here's another video, all things strop:
• Straight Razor Care: S...
Gillette died in 1932, and his widow sold the property to prominent film director Clarence Brown in 1935. Brown regularly hosted large parties for well-known Hollywood personalities here,
and made several changes to the property including the addition of a small airfield with a single, paved northwest/southeast runway to the east of the main house. According to a CA State map, the airfield was “installed by Brown circa 1938.” To See it go to this URL:
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/A...
and scroll down to see the map. Today, it appears that there is no trace of the airfield.

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My wife and I walked the Gillette Ranch for excercise...but Brad gave interesting information that made it more interesting

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Thanks for another interesting video, Brad. The King Gillette Ranch is truly beautiful.

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The King Gillette Ranch gets rented out for film and television location shoots pretty often. I've been there for a couple of different shoots. There are other buildings that are dormitories that have been used for various things throughout the years depending on who owned the property.